This website contains the genealogy of Malla Bardon Garlitz.
Malla, "Molly", was my paternal grandmother. Her parents emigrated from Norway
and she was conceived on the ship on the way to America. (Or so the story
goes, the facts do not seem to bear that out. Malla's husband, my grandfather,
was a great weaver of tales, and I well imagine that this bit of fabrication
made for a more interesting story than saying she was born in North Dakota. ) Her family
lived in
North Dakota and Minnesota, later traveling on to the state of Washington. It was there that
she would meet my grandfather, Orville Garlitz, who had also ventured west. He had met
with some "difficulty" and hoped to find a better life among cousins who had
earlier left the Appalachian mountains for the west coast.
His better life was found in Malla.
Orville had intended to work in the fish markets but found he hated that kind of work. They would soon return to his home in western Maryland where he went back to the life of a yeoman farmer and where Malla would spend virtually the rest of her days. She deeply missed the home and
family she left behind, lamenting that not even the roses were as beautiful
as those found in Washington.

Malla Belinda with her mother Isobel Anderson Bardon 1873-1902

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Neils
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This website contains the nine generations of descendents of the progenitor Neils Velund. Some of the surnames included are: